"Officer Huo, it's so late, I'm sorry to bother you!"
Seeing Huo Qianli coming down from upstairs, Zhan Baoxing quickly stood up, bowed, rubbed his hands and smiled, without any of the arrogance he had shown a few months ago when he snatched the cigarette and spit.
Huo Qianli smiled and said, "Don't be so polite, sit down, sit down, is there anything I can help you with?"
Zhan Baoxing glanced at Gu Chengde, who immediately looked up and began to study the bare ceiling of Gu Daqiang's house. Zhan Baoxing had no choice but to force a smile and said, "We want to ask, can we also attend the class that Expert Hu is giving the day after tomorrow?"
Gu Daqiang frowned. He didn't expect that these two people would actually come and ask.
But on second thought, this is not a bad thing. Just like Brother Huo said, it is truly good only when the whole village is well. It is also okay to let other groups plant more and earn more.
Although they felt a little aggrieved, it was common for poor farmers like them to feel aggrieved. Moreover, Brother Huo had suffered a lot of aggrievedness in the past few months, but he had never complained.
Gu Daqiang was thinking these things and was about to agree when Huo Qianli spoke first.
He looked at Zhan Baoxing and frowned. "Two brothers, it's not a big problem to go and listen to the guidance of an expert, but have you ever thought about one thing? So far, you have to interfere in whatever the cooperative wants to do. It doesn't matter whether you join the cooperative or not. In the long run, what's the point of running this cooperative? I have no objection, but the members of the cooperative may have an objection too! After all, they still take the risk to hand over the land to the village for centralized management."
He looked at the two of them sincerely and said, "Actually, these are just some tips and experiences. You can just go and ask the villagers in the cooperative for advice afterwards. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"
Best of both worlds, bullshit... Zhan Baoxing cursed in his heart. Would he dare to ask about this kind of thing afterwards? You've already said that the people in the cooperative have complaints, so who else would tell them the truth? What if they deliberately make a few mistakes, then what about the harvest next year? Who dares to take this risk? Of course, it's safer to hear the old man say it himself!
Zhan Baoxing smiled awkwardly and said, "Cadre Huo, please don't be so distant! Although we have a cooperative, it's like what the village chief said a few days ago. We are still villagers in the same village. We should have a share in all the village affairs. We should bear the good and bad things together. Let's do it together! When things are done well, everyone will benefit!"
Huo Qianli was silent for a moment, looking at Gu Chengde who had remained silent, "Brother, do you mean the same thing?"
The honest man Gu Chengde blushed slightly and nodded slowly but firmly.
"Okay!" Huo Qianli sighed, "You guys have a point. The village is a whole. We shouldn't divide it so clearly. Then come and listen! But we have to agree that it's the same as the rules of the cooperative. Only one person from each family can come."
"That's right! Thank you, Officer Huo!"
The two were overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, then left with flashlights.
Two days later, village committee.
The lecture, which could originally be held in a large office, had to be moved to a dam outside due to the sudden increase in the number of participants.
Just like the founding meeting that day, there were benches everywhere and a table in the front. The only microphone in Hushan Village, wrapped in red cloth, was quietly placed on the table.
The villagers who were attending the meeting came one after another. When the villagers in the cooperative saw the people from Group 1 and Group 2, they felt a little unhappy.
They already knew the news yesterday, and Cadre Huo had explained it to them.
But if you’re not angry at Cadre Huo, then you’re also not upset at seeing these people taking advantage?
As luck would have it, there are some people in Group 1 and 2 who got the advantage but still want to act like a good kid.
A villager said to himself with emotion: "Oh, I said I was going to take a nap in the house today, but the team leader insisted on calling me to attend a class. I have never read a lot in my life, so I don't know what's so good about this class!"
"If you don't want to listen, just go back!"
Of course, the villagers in the cooperative would not tolerate such people and scolded them back very rudely on the spot.
The man didn't get angry after hearing that. He just smiled and said, "I'm willing to listen to you if you say that."
He took out cigarettes from his pocket and passed them around to the people around him, pretending to chat with the people next to him and said loudly: "What do you think of these people in the cooperative? They handed over the land to the village, and they just followed whatever others said. They kept their tails between their legs. We didn't hand over the land and didn't join the cooperative, but we can still enjoy all the benefits, right?"
The person next to him saw the angry look in the eyes of the people in the cooperative and quickly pulled his hand, "Wo Ri, stop talking!"
The man looked nonchalant and asked for a beating. "Claws! I don't believe anyone dares to do that here! Ouch!"
Before he could finish showing off, he was suddenly slapped on the back of his head.
"What the hell...Brother Baoxing!"
Zhan Baoxing said with a dark face, "If you don't want to listen, go back. If you want to listen, shut your stinky mouth!"
He remembered how he had gone to beg for help humbly the night before, but these bastards were showing off here, which made him extremely angry.
He looked at his team members coldly, "We are all from the same village. Officer Huo and the village chief are good people. They didn't ignore us just because we didn't join the cooperative. They are willing to help us, so we should be grateful! If any bastard dares to say weird things again, I will definitely kick him out!"
Not long after Zhan Baoxing settled the dispute, the lecture on Salvia miltiorrhiza cultivation technology slowly began.
Mr. Hu sat in front of the microphone with his notebook in front of him.
Tang Yuxuan sat aside and helped.
Everyone else sat down below and listened.
Mr. Hu spoke slowly and leisurely, covering everything from the initial land preparation, to how to make compost, what fertilizer to use and in what amount at what stage, to the composting method for planting Salvia miltiorrhiza, the detailed rules for bed width and length, to the irrigation and drainage requirements in the middle and late stages, bud picking to increase yield, and pest and disease control.
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